apples and oranges是一個(gè)常用習(xí)語,表示“兩者天差地別,無法比較;不能混為一談”,它在美式英語中更為常見。
The idiom, comparing apples and oranges, refers to the apparent differences between items which are popularly thought to be incomparable or incommensurable, such as apples and oranges.
例如:
You can't compare them. They are apples and oranges.
你無法比較它們,它們完全不能混為一談。